Caret/insert position in field

[Michael Kann]

Jeff,

Here's a way to suck out info from the cursor position in a fld. Perhaps it will give you an idea or two.

on mouseUp
put numToChar(255) into marker
set the itemDelimiter to marker
put marker after the selection
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put fld 1 into v // typing text
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-- use v to find position in text
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delete item 2 of v
put num of chars in v into insert_pos
put num of chars in v & cr after h
put num of words in v & cr after h
put num of lines in v & cr after h
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put the last line of v into vv
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put num of chars in vv & cr after h
put num of words in vv & cr after h
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put the last word of v into vvv
put num of chars in vvv & cr after h
put h into fld 2 // output fld
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--get fld 1 back to original state
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delete char (insert_pos + 1) of fld 1
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end mouseUp